tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432851080052468710.post6497732168546205340..comments2024-03-27T19:56:06.973-04:00Comments on PROPHECY UPDATE: Russia Threatens To Retaliate Against U.S., Ships Anti-Aircraft Missiles To Syria, 'Is The World At The Cusp Of A New Dark Age?'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432851080052468710.post-21868633941599874752014-10-01T09:17:08.663-04:002014-10-01T09:17:08.663-04:00Keep in mind, im not an infectious disease doc by ...Keep in mind, im not an infectious disease doc by any means and these are just my random thoughts on the topic so take with an appropriate grain of salt. As things evolve we can perhaps speculate less and less. One thing that perplexes me is how definitive some pundits om tv are, regarding its means of spread/transmission. There is no way to know this at this point. No way. They are speculating but sound as if they have tangiible evidence/data and they dontScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403649419538752058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432851080052468710.post-86834849723367885882014-10-01T08:46:51.075-04:002014-10-01T08:46:51.075-04:00Scott, thank you so much for your comments on deal...Scott, thank you so much for your comments on dealing with the possibilities of Ebola. I was going to ask you that very question. May I pass along your comments on FB and a forum or two. I will use your name or not as you would prefer. KemBlankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061360792746708898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432851080052468710.post-40076360437105887832014-10-01T07:45:05.854-04:002014-10-01T07:45:05.854-04:00Yikes....
Scott, your description of how it can be...Yikes....<br />Scott, your description of how it can be spread is consistent with a number of other things I've gathered and comments I've heard from knowledgeable folks and commentary.....especially those on alternative media that have researched what's going on in Africa after talking with a number of folks in the health care field involved in the African effort.<br /><br />It is, however, inconsistent with what we heard from the "official" sources last night....CDC and Admin mouthpieces. They are saying you can't spread it before you are exhibiting symptoms yourself. That's the rational for not trying to track down everyone that was on the flight with Patient Zero. <br /><br />Interesting!!!!<br /><br />Now, given the change we've seen in governmental agencies... serving the interest of the Administration or serving the citizens, I know which direction the Caver household is going, and you nailed it. Common sense leaning heavily toward the overly cautious side.Caverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501263352164217716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432851080052468710.post-30669369320251926372014-09-30T20:54:05.434-04:002014-09-30T20:54:05.434-04:00Scott already posted this but the video is the arr...Scott already posted this but the video is the arresting part of it.<br />Watererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00412021868987276179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432851080052468710.post-39262045456076131702014-09-30T20:53:07.249-04:002014-09-30T20:53:07.249-04:00Just saw this tonight. Very serious.. http://www.n...Just saw this tonight. Very serious.. http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/North-Texas-Patient-Tested-for-Possible-Ebola-277529961.html The video is of The Dr who was first treated with the vaccine. Really more serious than what we hear on tv anywhere else.<br />Watererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00412021868987276179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432851080052468710.post-69882108502744046892014-09-30T20:18:58.437-04:002014-09-30T20:18:58.437-04:00Treating it like a cold (above) was in terms of ho...Treating it like a cold (above) was in terms of how to handle hand washings etc... The disease is transmissible via various body fluids (diarrhea etc) - so in that regard it wouldn't be treated as a cold. I mean that in terms of how to handle yourself in public (hand washing, avoid puttng your hands around your face, especially mouth and nose)..."hand to mouth" transmission would be the most likely way to get it with public exposure. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403649419538752058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432851080052468710.post-52303349031438391842014-09-30T20:16:16.901-04:002014-09-30T20:16:16.901-04:00Hi Annie
I was literally just having this very co...Hi Annie<br /><br />I was literally just having this very conversation. There are several complicating factors - I'll try to quickly summarize my take:<br /><br />The Bad:<br />- They are trying to say that it isn't contagious until the person is symptomatic. That is hard to swallow because that would be atypical for many virus. In fact typically you are more contagious very early in the disease process. <br /><br />Additionally, I just heard tonight about a Dr, who had seen patients for other things (gyn doc) and several patients he had seen were asymptomatic from Ebola at the time he saw them, and he ended up getting the disease. I don't think they can possibly know these types of things, as apparently it has mutated several times already...<br /><br />I would assume it should be treated like a cold or any other upper respiratory infection. <br /><br />- If it starts to spread in the US, I suspect it would hit the inner cities worse than the areas more in the country. Thats for several reasons having to do with disease transmission in heavily populated areas and hubs of travel (near international airports, cities etc)...The more remote (and the less travel) the better off. <br /><br />If it begins to take hold in the U.S., I would be very careful in terms of where I went (again depending on whether or not it was around my city)...I would change my plans according to its spread...For instance if it was in Chicago, NYC and LA, I wouldn't change a LOT of things as far as normal activities but I would start limiting my exposure by perhaps cutting out the bigger public venues (football games, big malls, airports, etc)....But otherwise normal..<br /><br />If it was hitting in a nearby city, I would start really limiting my public interactions and when I had to go out I would obsessively wash my hands after any public exposure and keep sanitizer around etc.<br />I'd probably be a lot less inclined to go out to dinner, movies, etc...In fact, I'd probably limit exposure by avoiding anything "public" if at all possible. <br /><br />The good:<br />- It should be easier to control in America than the areas in Africa that are being exposed - due to our health care and ability to handle isolation better etc...Also - we would offer much better symptomatic treatment which seems to make a difference (fluid replacement etc)...One patient may lead to another dozen or so, and it could end there. for now. The next 3-4 weeks will be critical as it will take that long to see if this patient has exposed others. The ominous part is, apparently he has been exposed to a lot of people here even after being symptomatic - they are attempting to contact all of those people now. He was also in a lot of airports changing flights etc...<br /><br />So we'll have to see what this next month brings. Should be interesting.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403649419538752058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432851080052468710.post-39258370698536939562014-09-30T19:05:32.704-04:002014-09-30T19:05:32.704-04:00Dear Scott, Ebola is here in our country. CDC says...Dear Scott, Ebola is here in our country. CDC says it's all under control..as we know we can't trust them..being a dr. what do you think we should do? Any wisdom you could throw our way?? Thanks for all you do.Annie in Indianiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460103102557084353noreply@blogger.com